jdgonko Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yep. I too enjoy his articles. That one especially is a good read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 What does "compressed" sound like? Well, the trite yet true answer is that it depends on the compressor. I'd wager that 99% of the music adored by members of this forum would be absolutely unlistenable without considerable dynamic range manipulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher L. Berry Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Rip Rowan is right on about this recording. I love Rush, but Vapor Trails sounds like total crap. This is hands down the worst sounding cd I have. The production is just plain awful. I would guess that this would be a good example of a compressed recording. And just like Rip says " it's to loud". To bad about the sound on this album as it is Rush's best collection of songs since 1983's Signals. Adcom GTP-600 Pre Adcom GFA-7500 Amp Adcom GCD-700 CD Sony DVP-NC655P DVD Klipsch KLF-20's Front Klipsch KLF-C7 Center Klipsch KG-5.5's Rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Peak limiting compression like that article about the Rush example is terrible... I remember liking Matchbox20 when they first came out in the 90's and got their CD. Just about every song was a good one except that the CD was mixed "louder is better". I remember thinking it was bad in the car...I tried it on my dad's rig at the time composed of some Martin Logan Re-Quests and a Mark Levinson #336...sounded like pure garbage...white noise. I then took it to my system since At the time I was using an old Phase Linear AC-400 Amp that has LED peak meters on it. They proved to my dispair when I played the CD when they'd just hit the top and stay there. Crazy. I wish the practice would stop... Probably my favorite example of a good "quiet" CD is Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" it's still one of my favorite albums to evaluate audio gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 What does "compressed" sound like? Well, nobody's said it yet so I might as well...........like Bose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 What does "compressed" sound like? Well, the trite yet true answer is that it depends on the compressor. I'd wager that 99% of the music adored by members of this forum would be absolutely unlistenable without considerable dynamic range manipulation. Ditto that...good compression increases intelligibility and really enhanced the liveliness of the music. Bad compression....well...sucks the life out of the music. So you have a tool that can either add or take away life. The recent loudness wars have given compression a bad name to the consumer world - and we'll just keep it a secret the massive amounts of compression that go into LP's [] (or even any of the typically considered "good recordings") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivendell61 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 If you want to hear what compressors sound like (for 'good' compression--not the peak limiting Jeff was asking about)--here is a link: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=70766 9 different analog compressors (LA-3A, Tube Tech, EMI TG1, etc) running Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock-and an 'uncompressed' version. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Great example [] Try listening to the different samples first before reading his descriptions...and then go back after reading and see if you heard it the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 link on compression in audio: http://sound.westhost.com/compression.htm Now this is useful information. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yanni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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